Administrators’ Institute

23rd Annual Administrators' Institute

Kansas City, MO

Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza

February 3-5, 2025

What to Expect:

The highly successful NACADA Administrators' Institute provides strategies to enhance leadership skills and to manage an academic advising program on your campus! The Institute will utilize learning community groups facilitated by Institute faculty who are experienced advising administrators and leaders in the field. You will be asked to select your track when you register for the event to ensure we place you in the correct Work Group.

Offering two tracks:

Track A

Select Track A if you have responsibility and authority for advising centers or offices:

  • Advising Coordinators
  • Lead Advisors
  • Advising Directors
  • Associate/Assistant Deans
  • Faculty Advising Coordinators

Track B

Select Track B if you have campus-wide responsibility and authority of academic advising institutional wide:

  • Provosts
  • Associate/Assistant Provosts for Undergraduate Studies
  • VPs for Student Affairs / VPs for Enrollment Management
  • Directors of Deans of University Colleges
  • Directors of Institutional Academic Advising

2025 Tentative Schedule

Session Abstracts - coming soon

Administrators’ Institute

February 3 - February 5, 2025 - 5, 2025 2025

Sunday February. 2
Monday February. 3
Tuesday February. 4
Wednesday February. 5
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Registration Open
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Registration Open
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Breakfast
NACADA name badge required
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Morning Coffee: Welcome & Meet the Faculty
NACADA name badge required
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Plenary 1
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Beverage Break
NACADA name badge required
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Track A & Track B Work Group Sessions
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
NACADA name badge required
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Concurrent Sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Beverage Break
NACADA name badge requred
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Concurrent Sessions
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Track A & Track B Work Group Sessions
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Networking Reception
NACADA name badge required
8:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Registration Open
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Plenary 2
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Beverage Break
NACADA Name Badge Required
10:45 PM - 11:45 PM
Track A & Track B Work Group Sessions
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
NACADA Name Badge Required
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Concurrent Sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Beverage Break
NACADA Name Badge Required
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Plenary 3
3:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Consultation Sessions and Independent Work Time
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Registration Open
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Concurrent Sessions
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Beverage Break
NACADA Name Badge Required
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Track A & Track B Work Group Sessions
  • Jennifer Rush
    Jennifer Rush Assistant Director - Institutes NACADA Contract with questions